{"id":19696,"date":"2019-09-08T11:13:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T15:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/?p=19696"},"modified":"2019-09-08T11:16:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T15:16:07","slug":"wta-hiroshima-predictions-kudermetova-lepchenko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/09\/08\/wta-hiroshima-predictions-kudermetova-lepchenko\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Hiroshima Monday Predictions Including Veronika Kudermetova vs Vavara Lepchenko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Less than a day after Bianca Andreescu defeated Serena Williams to capture her first Grand Slam title, the Women\u2019s Tennis Association continues its tour. Next stop, Hiroshima, for the Hana-cupid Japan Women\u2019s Open. With the tour\u2019s biggest names on the sidelines, there are point opportunities for 32 players just below the top tier of the game. Who will advance through Day 1?<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Hiroshima Monday Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Zarina Diyas vs Danka Kovinic<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Diyas started the summer outside of the Top 100; she is now #80. In Cincinnati and Washington, D.C., she knocked off four players inside of the Top 100 as well as defeating rising teenager CoCo Gauff in straight sets. She fell to Ash Barty in the US Open, but took a set off the #2 seed. Kovinic won several matches this summer at the ITF level but the move up to this level of competition will be too much.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Diyas in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"9PO8KvGrQyNFvLwny8FhSg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1170353269\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'9PO8KvGrQyNFvLwny8FhSg',sig:'af6EhdQMLkawz0bYnfWky-f56HSlBpFxhpwJxvhaQkk=',w:'427px',h:'594px',items:'1170353269',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Alison Van Uytvanck vs Ysaline Bonaventure<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This is an interesting match up between two 25 year olds from Belgium. Both had weak hard court results in the summer after stronger play earlier in the year on other surfaces, though Van Uytvanck gained some momentum with a main draw win in the first round of the US Open. Van Uytvanck produced more wins this season, including winning their only previous match up &#8211; a three set affair on clay in Rabat, Moracco. Van Uytvanck will again advance over her fellow Begian, this time in straights.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Van Uytvanck in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"gm1HxPGjQbVUot9qF99pUA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1170953470\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'gm1HxPGjQbVUot9qF99pUA',sig:'vgnK8-HLAdvF5oNbYbZnGhrbCmF_-5coifzk1aDT4x4=',w:'407px',h:'594px',items:'1170953470',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Priscilla Hon vs Katarzyna Kawa<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Hon is ranked #130 in the world; Kawa just two spots back at #132. This looks to be a big opportunity for each player to notch a win and some coveted points. Kawa bowed out quickly in the first round of US Open Qualifying while Hon won two matches in qualifying, lost the third, then entered the main draw as a Lucky Loser. Hon\u2019s recent success and match toughness should carry her through a tight first round affair.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Hon in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"U-gDamP1RMBKNUROqvkQnA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1169456776\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'U-gDamP1RMBKNUROqvkQnA',sig:'KSdFC0h1WRMBjNPw40drzkRRJX-XAbQclUnheHeUUms=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1169456776',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Veronika Kudermetova vs Vavara Lepchenko<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Lefty Vavara Lepchenko grinded through the summer with only one hard court win and three total hard court matches before winning two qualifying matches at the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Open<\/a>. No. 2 seed Kudermetova qualified at the hard court event in Cincinnati, and advanced through Round 1 before falling in the Round of 32. Lepchenko routinely struggles against players inside the top 100. World #51 Kudermetova should move on in.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Kudermetova in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"aX7a-ukdT_hF516uPWFthA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1152833303\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'aX7a-ukdT_hF516uPWFthA',sig:'TJeyB5wScA0fcK0jJ9CiqtJ58Tv_M6t9E9fAXL4q2D8=',w:'594px',h:'402px',items:'1152833303',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Disagree with our WTA Hiroshima Monday Predictions? As always, feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than a day after Bianca Andreescu defeated Serena Williams to capture her first Grand Slam title, the Women\u2019s Tennis Association continues its tour. Next stop, Hiroshima, for the Hana-cupid Japan Women\u2019s Open. With the tour\u2019s biggest names on the sidelines, there are point opportunities for 32 players just below the top tier of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2763,"featured_media":19702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69,4],"tags":[3446,8543,8537,8539,7489,4210,8544,2373,2369,5219,5398,8541,8540,4569,3119,8542],"class_list":["post-19696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","category-wta","tag-alison-van-uytvanck","tag-alison-van-uytvanck-vs-ysaline-bonaventure-prediction","tag-danka-kovinic","tag-hana-cupid-japan-womens-open-predictions","tag-katarzyna-kawa","tag-priscilla-hon","tag-priscilla-hon-vs-katarzyna-kawa-prediction","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-vavara-lepchenko","tag-veronika-kudermetova","tag-veronika-kudermetova-vs-vavara-lepchenko-prediction","tag-wta-hiroshima-predictions","tag-ysaline-bonaventure","tag-zarina-diyas","tag-zarina-diyas-vs-danka-kovinic-prediction"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2763"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}